GREENBELT, MD—A Navy lieutenant commander was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in federal prison for a yearslong cyberstalking campaign targeting his ex-wife and her boyfriend, federal prosecutors announced.
Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. The sentencing follows a December 2025 trial in which a federal jury found Leidel guilty of cyberstalking after two weeks of testimony.
Evidence presented during the trial revealed that Leidel engaged in a persistent pattern of harassment intended to dismantle the personal and professional lives of his victims. Prosecutors said Leidel sent numerous emails containing false allegations to a public school in an effort to have his ex-wife fired from her position as a special education teacher…